December 21, 2014

Somerset Officer Kills Prisoner, Pulaski, 1909

OFFICER KILLS NEGRO:--Henry Waddle of Somerset, shot and killed a negro, Joe Smith, on the streets there Saturday night. Waddle was bossing a gang of convicts, when Smith who had been ugly, drew a revolver and began shooting at him. Waddle returned fire, killing the negro. [1]

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[September 24, 1909] -

Henry Waddle, a Somerset policeman, shot to death Joe Smith, a Negro he was placing in jail. Smith had a pistol that Waddle did not know about. [2]